Bird cage



Dec. 6, 1927.

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INVENTOR ATTO R N EY Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

U T-w mm ARTHUR Ransom) pAVIAII, or waraavrmla,name.

damn CAGE.

' Application rues December 27,1926. Serial No. 157; 276.

The object of the invention is to provide a bird cage or" similararticlewhich may be built up of a plurality oftubula'r elements or-straws, orsimilar devices, which may be obtained upon the market, in standardlengths-, the agrticle including a body por tion formed: in a particularmanner, and by the use of a particular method, a bottom with whichtlfebody is connected, and -a;-top uspension e ce,,.a a more tel ydisclosed belowi I I r WVith the foregoing and other objects in View,the invention consists in the novel con struction and arrangement ofelements described, illustrated and claimed, it being understood thatmodifications maybe made within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

The invention also consists in the method of assembling the device.

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Figure 1 is a view of the complete device or construction in elevation.

a Figure 2 is a detail view partly in section and partly in elevation,showing an end portion of one of the elements, or straws, employedin theconstruction of the device, a particular joint being provided for.

The bottom 10 is surrounded by a wire ring 11, with which it hasconnection, and the elements forming the side walls of the cage areconnected with the ring, andproject below the latter in order toprovidethe structure illustrated in the lower portion of Figure 1. Anupper metallic ring 12 is of substantially the size of the ring 11, andconstitutes an upper element for the body por-v straws of one. seriesare 'at an angle with those of the other. Two elements 13 and 14 arefirst connected at a given point, as shown at 12', being secured to ting12, so that a plurality of pairs are provided, spaced at suitableintervals, and these elements 13 and 14 of each pair may be assumed tobe suspended fromring 12 during the process of.

part of this ap- At this stage there isone series. of straws connectednear opposite ends, with the rings 11 and 12-, while the straws ottheother series are connected only at the upper per tionthereof, that is,with ring 12.

.lnrorider to secure theproper position of "the' straws of'the' seriesconnected at bot-h ends, I provide partial relative rotation, ofone-"ring 11 or 12; with reference to theother, and in-meantime the.straws of the otherse- 1118s may be inthei-r original position, that is,depending, without attachment of thelower' ends or near'thelower ends.

Assuming that the straws of the series fully connected are then inproper inclined position, those straws connected only at their upperends are moved to the position desired and are separately secured, bytying, or attaching to ring 11, near the bottom. It will 'be observedtherefore that all of the straws of one series are positioned at onetime, and then the straws of the other series are positionedindependently and individuallyand are then secured.

The cover comprises a plurality of straws 15 which are secured to ring12 at such points as will permit-straws 15 to project downwardly andoutwardly, and the upper ends of straws 15 are secured to metallic ringor other form of ring, shown at 16.

A particular form of joint for effecting connection is shown in Figure2, and the end of the straw'is provided with a V shaped slot 18adaptedto be connected with ring the ends of the fork in the strawprojecting on opposite sides of the ring. A needle 19 now draws a thread20 thru the forked end or prongsfand provides for the completion of thejoint. i

Connected with ring 16 are elements such I as straws 22 which extend toa ring such as 23, and the latter is suspended by means of other similarelements 24 adapted for con- V nection with ring 25. This provides for aflexible type of connection, and for the suspension from a suitablepoint of-a cord or string such as 26 by means of which the annular orother form of element 27 may be hung or mounted. This device last namedmaybe in the form of a swingin which the artificial bird 28,ispositioned It is not however, necessary that the device be regarded asof purely ornamental character, as a cage for practical use may be builtup in rse eing made is? an en an Opening,

no a similar manner, suitable provision of or for the temporarydetachment of one or more elements of the wall or top.

.[t is intended that the device shall serve in part an educational oramusement purpose, and that the elements may be prepared and sold inknock-down form to be prepared and assembled by the purchaser or whoevermay undertake to proceed with construction,

along the lines indicated.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. In a device of theclass described, a body portion constituting an open work structure ofapproximately circular form, a bottom for the body portion, and a toptherefor, said top inchidhng a ring and members intending outwardly fromthe ring and over the edge of the body,these members being lorkedattheir inner ends for cooperation with the ring, and being; secured tothe ring and body, and means for suspending the body and top from saidring.

2. The method of forming a cage like structure which consists inconnecting the upper ends of spaced elements in pairs with a framemember, and in connecting the lower end of one member of each pair witha second and lower frame member, producing relative rotatableinovr-nnent between the frame to carry the elements secured at both endsthereof to a position at an acute angle with reference to each frame,and then movinf; individually, in the opposite direction, those elementssecured at only one end and connecting these elements with the lowerframe at angles corresponding with the angles first named.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature ARTHUR narnonn DAVIAU, M. ;o.

